Creep crack growth on spent fuel zircaloy cladding in interim storage

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-34

  Chao, C K ^a   Chen, J Q ^a   Yang, K C ^a   Tseng, C C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crack growth rate; Creep; Spent fuel Zircaloy cladding; Strain energy density

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; SPENT FUELS; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CRACK GROWTH RATE; SPENT FUEL ZIRCALOY CLADDING; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CLADDING (COATING); CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SPENT FUELS; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845396879     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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